"The instrument was associated largely with the folk music of Eastern Europe, notably Poland and eastern Germany. An early version appeared in Slovakia and the earliest reference to a similar instrument came in the 14th century. The first use of a European orchestral xylophone was in Camille Saint-Saëns' ""Danse Macabre"", in 1874. By that time, the instrument had already been popularized to some extent by Michael Josef Gusikov, whose instrument was the five-row xylophone made of 28 crude wooden bars arranged in semitones in the form of a trapezoid and resting on straw supports. There were no resonators and it"
"Xyloband Xylobands are wristbands that contain light-emitting diodes and radio frequency receivers. The lights inside the wristband can be controlled by a software program, which sends signals to the wristband, instructing it to light up or blink, for example. The RGB version has a white strap and can emit any colour on the visible spectrum. The single colour version is available in green, blue, yellow, red, pink and white. The first use of Xylobands on a large scale was on Coldplay's 2012 Mylo Xyloto tour. A Xyloband was given to each member of the audience, and as the concert played,"
"resource to assist children's musical development. One method noted for its use of xylophones is Orff-Schulwerk, which combines the use of instruments, movement, singing and speech to develop children's musical abilities. Xylophones used in American general music classrooms are smaller, at about octaves, than the or more octave range of performance xylophones. The bass xylophone ranges are written from middle C to A an octave higher but sound one octave lower than written. The alto ranges are written from middle C to A an octave higher and sound as written. The soprano ranges are written from middle C to A"
"moving towards art rock, being influenced by Blur, Arcade Fire and My Bloody Valentine. The band experimented with different instruments including orchestras, honky-tonk pianos and further so. ""Mylo Xyloto"" carries the concept album format from the love and war-induced ""Viva la Vida"". It also expands the spectrum by including electronic & acoustic elements, featuring upbeat tones for the first time and predominantly being a pop rock album, in stark contrast to the band's previous works. Lyrical influences were taken from graffiti and the German resistance group White Rose. Regarding the band's wide international success, Parlophone's president Miles Leonard has stated"
"Xylose Xylose (""cf."" , ""xylon"", ""wood"") is a sugar first isolated from wood, and named for it. Xylose is classified as a monosaccharide of the aldopentose type, which means that it contains five carbon atoms and includes an aldehyde functional group. It is derived from hemicellulose, one of the main constituents of biomass. Like most sugars, it can adopt several structures depending on conditions. With its free aldehyde group, it is a reducing sugar. The acyclic form of xylose has chemical formula HOCH(CH(OH))CHO. The cyclic hemiacetal isomers are more prevalent in solution and are of two types: the pyranoses, which"
"and narrower than those of a marimba (the bars of the xylophone and the marimba are shaped differently to emphasize different overtones) and of the different size and shape of the resonators"" . ""As the marimba-xylophone it was a popular instrument in the 1920s and 30s, particularly in vaudeville"" . The name has been a source of confusion. Many composers have called for ‘xylorimba’, including Alban Berg, Pierre Boulez and Olivier Messiaen, but written parts requiring only a four-octave xylophone However, Pierre Boulez wrote for two five-octave xylorimbas in ""Pli selon pli"" . (4, 4.5, and 5-octave instruments): Xylorimba The"
"Xyloside A xyloside is a type of glycoside derived from the sugar xylose. Proteoglycan (PG) synthesis is initiated by the transfer of D-xylose from UDP-xylose to a serine residue in core proteins. This natural primer acts as a template for the assembly of heparin sulfate, heparin, chondroitin sulfate, and dermatan sulfate side chains, depending on the tissue. However, in 1973 it was determined that synthetic B-D-xylosides can prime glycosaminoglycan (GAG) synthesis by substituting for the core xylosylated protein. Many Beta-D-xylosides have been studied for use as xylose primes with varying results. Beta-D-xylosides consist of a xylose in beta linkage to"
"Mallet percussion A mallet percussion instrument is a melodic percussion instrument played in a particular fashion, with mallets. Mallet percussion includes: The use of mallet percussion dates back at least 4,000 years to the first known xylophone. Mallet percussion was first used in a modern European orchestra in 1874, when Camille Saint-Saëns used a xylophone in his ""Dance Macabre"". Modern mallet percussion instruments exist at many levels, from toy glockenspiels such as the Pixiphone popularly (and incorrectly) known as ""xylophones"", to orchestral instruments, and including many folk instruments. Many of these are diatonic, while professional mallet percussion instruments are chromatic"
") occurs almost exclusively in loanwords such as ""Xylofon"" (xylophone) and names, e.g. ""Alexander"" and ""Xanthippe"". Native German words now pronounced with a sound are usually written using ""chs"" or ""(c)ks"", as with ""Fuchs"" (fox). Some exceptions occur such as ""Hexe"" (witch), ""Nixe"" (mermaid), ""Axt"" (axe) and ""Xanten"". The letter ""y"" (""Ypsilon"", ) occurs almost exclusively in loanwords, especially words of Greek origin, but some such words (such as """") have become so common that they are no longer perceived as foreign. It used to be more common in earlier centuries, and traces of this earlier usage persist in proper"
"Xylotheque A xylotheque or xylothek (from the Greek ""xylon"" for ""wood"" and ""theque"" meaning ""repository"") is special form of herbarium that consists of a collection of authenticated wood specimens. It is also known as a xylarium (from the Greek ""xylon"" for ""wood"" and Latin ""arium"" meaning ""separate place""). Traditionally, xylotheque specimens were in the form of book-shaped volumes, each made of a particular kind of wood and holding samples of the different parts of the corresponding plant. While the terms are often used interchangeably, some use ""xylotheque"" to refer to these older collections of wooden 'books' and ""xylarium"" for modern"
"Xylosynth The xylosynth, also known as a ""xylophonic synthesizer"", is an instrument created by Will Wernick in 1986, originally specifically designed for the English pop band, the Drum Theatre. In the early 90’s, there was a demand of artists wanting to play on acoustic mallets, Gerry McCavana, who was originally a Metrology Engineer, quit his job to spend time with Will Wernick. Together, they began to develop and advance the software and electronics for the xylosynth. It is now used in many different styles of music and percussions, worldwide, such as jazz and contemporary. The xylosynth is an electric percussion"
"Xylophagy Xylophagy is a term used in ecology to describe the habits of an herbivorous animal whose diet consists primarily (often solely) of wood. The word derives from Greek ""ξυλοφάγος"" (""xulophagos"") ""eating wood"", from ""ξύλον"" (""xulon"") ""wood"" and ""φαγεῖν"" (""phagein"") ""to eat"", an ancient Greek name for a kind of a worm-eating bird. Animals feeding only on dead wood are called sapro-xylophagous or saproxylic. Most such animals are arthropods, primarily insects of various kinds, in which the behavior is quite common, and found in many different orders. It is not uncommon for insects to specialize to various degrees; in some"
"Acrophony Acrophony (; Greek: ἄκρος ""akros"" uppermost + φωνή ""phone"" sound) is the naming of letters of an alphabetic writing system so that a letter's name begins with the letter itself. For example, Greek letter names are acrophonic: the names of the letters α, β, γ, δ, are spelled with the respective letters: (""alpha""), (""beta""), (""gamma""), (""delta""). The paradigm for acrophonic alphabets is the Proto-Sinaitic script and the succeeding Phoenician alphabet, in which the letter A, representing the sound , is thought to have derived from an Egyptian hieroglyph representing an ox, and is called ""ox"", ""ʾalp"", which starts with"
"energetic instrument, while the ""mother"" was the smaller or duller instrument. Musical instruments existed in this form for thousands of years before patterns of three or more tones would evolve in the form of the earliest xylophone. Xylophones originated in the mainland and archipelago of Southeast Asia, eventually spreading to Africa, the Americas, and Europe. Along with xylophones, which ranged from simple sets of three ""leg bars"" to carefully tuned sets of parallel bars, various cultures developed instruments such as the ground harp, ground zither, musical bow, and jaw harp. Images of musical instruments begin to appear in Mesopotamian artifacts"
"generic name, which is often translated directly from the Greek as ""high-ridged tooth"". In reality Huxley, analogous to the way the name of the related genus ""Iguanodon"" (""iguana-tooth"") had been formed, intended to name the animal after an extant herbivorous lizard, choosing for this role ""Hypsilophus"" and combining its name with Greek ὀδών, ""odon"", ""tooth"". ""Hypsilophodon"" thus means """"Hypsilophus""-tooth"". The Greek ὑψίλοφος, ""hypsilophos"", means ""high-crested"" and refers to the back frill of the lizard, not to the teeth of ""Hypsilophodon"" itself, which are not high-ridged in any case. The specific name ""foxii"" honours Fox. The holotype of the animal, today"
"xylophone-like instruments originating in Buganda, in modern-day Uganda. The amadinda is made of twelve logs which are tuned in a pentatonic scale. It mainly is played by three players. Two players sit opposite of each other and play the same logs in an interlocking technique in a fast tempo. It has no gourd resonators or buzzing tone, two characteristics of many other African xylophones. The amadinda was an important instrument at the royal court in Buganda, a Ugandan kingdom. A special type of notation is now used for this xylophone, consisting of numbers for and periods. as is also the"
"animal), the mode of transmission to the human realm (by gift, exchange, contract, or removal), the making of the instrument by a human (according to instructions from a nonhuman, for instance), and the first human owner. Most instruments are said to have a nonhuman origin, but some are believed invented by humans, e.g., the xylophone and the lamellophone. In 1960, German musicologist Kurt Reinhard presented a stylistic taxonomy, as opposed to a morphological one, with two divisions determined by either single or multiple voiced playing. Each of these two divisions was subdivided according to pitch changeability (not changeable, freely changeable,"
"was played fast with spoon-shaped sticks. According to the musicologist Curt Sachs, Gusikov performed in garden concerts, variety shows, and as a novelty at symphony concerts. The western xylophone was used by early jazz bands and in vaudeville. Its bright, lively sound worked well the syncopated dance music of the 1920s and 1930s. Red Norvo, George Cary, George Hamilton Green, Teddy Brown and Harry Breuer were well-known users. As time passed, the xylophone was exceeded in popularity by the metal-key vibraphone, which was developed in the 1920s. A xylophone with a range extending downwards into the marimba range is called"
"used except in loanwords and regional words. The phoneme sound is usually written ; the sound is usually written anywhere but before , before , and sometimes at the ends of words. However, is common in the metric prefix kilo- (originally from Greek ""khilia"" ""a thousand""): ""kilogramme, kilomètre, kilowatt, kilohertz,"" etc. The usual diacritics are the acute (, ""accent aigu""), the grave (, ""accent grave""), the circumflex (, ""accent circonflexe""), the diaeresis (, ""tréma""), and the cedilla (, ""cédille""). Diacritics have no effect on the primary alphabetical order. The tilde diacritical mark ( ˜ ) above n is occasionally used"
"words ending in ""-xion"" (typically used only in British-based spellings of the language; American spellings tend to use ""-ction""). When ends a word, it is always (e.g. ""fax""), except in loan words such as ""faux"" (see French, below). There are very few English words that start with (the fewest number of any letter). When does start a word, it is usually pronounced (e.g. ""xylophone"", ""xenophobia"", and ""xanthan""); in rare recent loanwords or foreign proper names, it can also be pronounced (e.g. the obsolete Vietnamese monetary unit ""xu"") or (e.g. Chinese names starting with Xi like Xiaomi or Xinjiang). Many of"
"the later importation of electric guitars spurred the popularisation of jùjú music. The xylophone is a tuned idiophone, common throughout west and central Africa. In Nigeria, they are most common in the southern part of the country, and are of the central African model. Several people sometimes simultaneously play a single xylophone. The instruments are usually made of loose wood placed across banana logs. Pit- and box-resonated xylophones are also found. Ensembles of clay pots beaten with a soft pad are common; they are sometimes filled with water. Although normally tuned, untuned examples are sometimes used to produce a bass"
"same number of degrees, but in opposite directions. A dextrorotary compound is often prefixed ""(+)-"" or """"d""-"". Likewise, a levorotary compound is often prefixed ""(−)-"" or """"l""-"". These lowercase """"d""-"" and """"l""-"" prefixes are distinct from the ""-"" and ""-"" prefixes, which are based on the absolute configuration relative to (+)-glyceraldehyde, which is defined as the -form. For example, nine of the nineteen -amino acids commonly found in proteins are dextrorotatory (at a wavelength of 589 nm), and -fructose is sometimes called ""levulose"" because it is levorotatory. The (""R"")- and (""S"")- prefixes from the Cahn–Ingold–Prelog priority rules are different from"
"Xylosma Xylosma is a genus of flowering plants in the willow family, Salicaceae. It contains around 100 species of evergreen shrubs and trees commonly known as brushhollies, xylosmas, or, more ambiguously, ""logwoods"". The generic name is derived from the Greek words ξύλον (""xylon""), meaning ""wood,"" and ὀσμή (""osmé""), meaning ""smell,"" referring to the fragrant wood of some of the species. The Takhtajan system places it in the family Flacourtiaceae, which is considered defunct by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. The leaves are alternate, simple, entire or finely toothed, long. The flowers are small, yellowish, produced on racemes long, usually dioecious, and"
"read ""x-hat"" or ""x-roof"", where ""x"" represents the character under the hat. In music theory and musicology, a circumflex above a numeral is used to make reference to a particular scale degree. In music notation, a chevron-shaped symbol placed above a note indicates marcato, a special form of emphasis or accent. In music for string instruments, a narrow inverted chevron indicates that a note should be performed up-bow. The Unicode code point for the circumflex is (codice_1 in HTML5). The precomposed characters ""Â/â"", ""Ê/ê"", ""Î/î"", ""Ô/ô"", and ""Û/û"" (which incorporate the circumflex) are included in the ISO-8859-1 character set, and"
"instrument, that only subcategory 53 should remain in the electrophones category. Thus it has been more recently proposed that, for example, the pipe organ (even if it uses electric key action to control solenoid valves) remain in the aerophones category, and that the electric guitar remain in the chordophones category, etc.. Beyond the top three groups are several further levels of classification, so that the xylophone, for example, is in the group labeled 111.212 (periods are usually added after every third digit to make long numbers easier to read). A long classification number does not necessarily indicate the instrument is"
"Mylo Xyloto Mylo Xyloto is the fifth studio album by British rock band Coldplay, released in late October 2011. The band worked closely with producer Brian Eno following their successful collaboration on ""Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends"", the band's previous album. ""Mylo Xyloto"" is a concept album and a thematic rock opera. The album tells the story of a war against sound and colour by a supremacist government, set in the world of Silencia, an Orwellian society. Silencia has been overtaken by a government led by Major Minus, who controls the population through media and propaganda."
"consonant chords, sometimes sounding pentatonic but often making no tonal sense at all. Antheil uses pianolas for things that would be difficult for human players (a 7-note chord at m142, for example). A' – Xylophones return in triple meter to recall Theme 1 (m187). This is not strictly a repeat of Theme 1 but another variation and development upon it. This section descends into increasing chaos (starting m283) which signals a transition into part C (m328). C – The xylophones and pianolas play a new tune. They stay in better rhythmic agreement here and give a more ordered feel to"
"sentences is just to show the individual morphemes. Klingon verb prefixes mark both the subject and the object. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Expressed with the type-5 verb suffix codice_63 Prefixes must be present even if the nouns or pronouns they reference are declared explicitly. In certain cases with a third person object, a first or second person indirect object can be omitted by using the first and second person object prefixes instead. This is known as the prefix trick. Examples: This type of suffix forms reflexive verbs. There are two suffixes. This type of suffix deals with the subject's volition. There are five"
"the other allophones, because it reflects the historical origin of the phoneme, or because it gives a more balanced look to a chart of the phonemic inventory. An alternative, which is commonly used for archiphonemes, is to use a capital letter, such as /N/ for [m], [n], [ŋ]. In rare cases, a linguist may represent phonemes with abstract symbols, such as dingbats, to avoid privileging any particular allophone. Allophone In phonology, an allophone (; from the Greek , ""állos"", ""other"" and , ""phōnē"", ""voice, sound"") is one of a set of multiple possible spoken sounds, or ""phones"", or signs used"
"Allophone In phonology, an allophone (; from the Greek , ""állos"", ""other"" and , ""phōnē"", ""voice, sound"") is one of a set of multiple possible spoken sounds, or ""phones"", or signs used to pronounce a single phoneme in a particular language. For example, (as in ""stop"" ) and (as in ""Letter "") are allophones for the phoneme in English, while these two are considered to be different phonemes in Spanish. On the other hand (as in ""dolor"" ) and (as in ""nada"" ) are allophones for the phoneme in Spanish, while these two are considered to be different phonemes in"
"Nano- Nano- (symbol n) is a unit prefix meaning ""one billionth"". Used primarily with the metric system, this prefix denotes a factor of 10 or . It is frequently encountered in science and electronics for prefixing units of time and length. Examples: The prefix derives from the Greek (Latin ""nanus""), meaning ""dwarf"". The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) officially endorsed the usage of ""nano"" as a standard prefix in 1960. When used as a prefix for something other than a unit of measure (as for example in words like ""nanoscience""), nano refers to nanotechnology, or means ""on a"
"Xylene Xylene (from Greek ξύλο, ""xylo"", ""wood""), xylol or dimethylbenzene is any one of three isomers of dimethylbenzene, or a combination thereof. With the formula (CH)CH, each of the three compounds has a central benzene ring with two methyl groups attached at substituents. They are all colorless, flammable liquids, some of which are of great industrial value. The mixture is referred to as both xylene and, more precisely, xylenes. Xylenes are an important petrochemical produced by catalytic reforming and also by coal carbonisation in the manufacture of coke fuel. They also occur in crude oil in concentrations of about 0.5–1%,"
"a ""marimba player"". Modern uses of the marimba include solo performances, woodwind and brass ensembles, marimba concertos, jazz ensembles, marching band (front ensembles), drum and bugle corps, and orchestral compositions. Contemporary composers have used the unique sound of the marimba more and more in recent years. Xylophones are widely used in music of west and central Africa. In Latin America, enslaved Africans recreated them in the 16th and 17th centuries. The name ""marimba"" stems from Bantu ""marimba"" or ""malimba"", 'xylophone'. According to some Western sources, the word 'marimba' is formed from ""ma"" 'many' and ""rimba"" 'single-bar xylophone,' however the use"